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PR3
(a.k.a Proteinase 3)
minimum sample volume required ~ 5ml

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Tube type: SST

Special instructions
Time limit for add on = 2 days

Human serum or EDTA, heparin or citrate plasma. When using heparin plasma as sample material the MPO antigen band may occasionally show an unspecific, very weak reaction.

Interfering substances = Haemolytic, lipaemic and icteric sera up to a concentration of 5 mg/ml for haemoglobin, of 20 mg/ml for triglycerides and of 0.4 mg/ml bilirubin showed no effect on the analytical results of the present EUROLINE.

Reference range
<3.5

Units
U/ml

Linked to
ANCA Screen

Turnaround Time
14 days

Department: Immunology

Clinical Application
A marker for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's Granulomatosis). PR3 is the major antigen giving rise to the c-ANCA fluorescence pattern.

 
 

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